Fertility & birth rates in Norway and South Sudan

Fertility rate in Norway vs South Sudan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Norway was 1.4 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.86 in South Sudan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Norway vs South Sudan population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Norway	South Sudan
1960	2.85	7.16
1961	2.94	7.18
1962	2.91	7.2
1963	2.93	7.2
1964	2.98	7.22
1965	2.94	7.22
1966	2.9	7.25
1967	2.81	7.26
1968	2.75	7.26
1969	2.7	7.28
1970	2.5	7.29
1971	2.49	7.3
1972	2.38	7.31
1973	2.23	7.31
1974	2.13	7.31
1975	1.98	7.33
1976	1.86	7.33
1977	1.75	7.33
1978	1.77	7.33
1979	1.75	7.32
1980	1.72	7.33
1981	1.7	7.33
1982	1.71	7.34
1983	1.66	7.34
1984	1.66	7.35
1985	1.68	7.36
1986	1.71	7.38
1987	1.74	7.39
1988	1.84	7.38
1989	1.89	7.37
1990	1.93	7.38
1991	1.92	7.38
1992	1.88	7.37
1993	1.86	7.36
1994	1.87	7.35
1995	1.87	7.34
1996	1.89	7.32
1997	1.86	7.2
1998	1.81	7.08
1999	1.85	6.94
2000	1.85	6.8
2001	1.78	6.65
2002	1.75	6.52
2003	1.8	6.35
2004	1.83	6.19
2005	1.84	6.02
2006	1.9	5.85
2007	1.9	5.7
2008	1.96	5.57
2009	1.98	5.45
2010	1.95	5.32
2011	1.88	5.19
2012	1.85	5.06
2013	1.78	4.94
2014	1.75	4.82
2015	1.72	4.7
2016	1.71	4.58
2017	1.62	4.48
2018	1.56	4.37
2019	1.53	4.26
2020	1.48	4.16
2021	1.55	4.05
2022	1.41	3.96
2023	1.4	3.86
2024	1.41	3.79
2025	1.41	3.71
2026	1.41	3.63
2027	1.42	3.56
2028	1.42	3.49
2029	1.43	3.43
2030	1.43	3.37
2031	1.43	3.31
2032	1.44	3.26
2033	1.44	3.2
2034	1.45	3.15
2035	1.45	3.1
2036	1.45	3.06
2037	1.46	3.01
2038	1.46	2.96
2039	1.46	2.92
2040	1.47	2.88
2041	1.47	2.84
2042	1.47	2.8
2043	1.48	2.76
2044	1.48	2.73
2045	1.48	2.69
2046	1.48	2.66
2047	1.48	2.63
2048	1.49	2.6
2049	1.49	2.58
2050	1.49	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Norway	South Sudan
1960	25.9%	42.5%
1961	25.6%	42.6%
1962	25.2%	42.6%
1963	25%	42.8%
1964	24.8%	43%
1965	24.8%	43.3%
1966	24.7%	43.5%
1967	24.7%	43.8%
1968	24.6%	44%
1969	24.5%	44.3%
1970	24.5%	44.5%
1971	24.4%	44.7%
1972	24.3%	44.8%
1973	24.2%	45%
1974	24%	45.1%
1975	23.8%	45.2%
1976	23.5%	45.3%
1977	23.3%	45.4%
1978	22.9%	45.5%
1979	22.6%	45.7%
1980	22.2%	45.8%
1981	21.8%	46%
1982	21.3%	46.2%
1983	20.9%	46.3%
1984	20.4%	46.5%
1985	20%	46.6%
1986	19.6%	46.7%
1987	19.3%	46.9%
1988	19.1%	46.2%
1989	19%	45.4%
1990	18.9%	45.4%
1991	19%	45.5%
1992	19.1%	45.6%
1993	19.3%	45.7%
1994	19.4%	45.8%
1995	19.5%	45.8%
1996	19.6%	46%
1997	19.7%	46%
1998	19.8%	45.8%
1999	19.9%	45.6%
2000	20%	45.5%
2001	20%	45.5%
2002	20%	45.7%
2003	19.9%	45.9%
2004	19.8%	45.8%
2005	19.6%	45.3%
2006	19.4%	44.8%
2007	19.3%	44.3%
2008	19.1%	43.8%
2009	18.9%	43.4%
2010	18.8%	42.8%
2011	18.6%	42.2%
2012	18.4%	41.9%
2013	18.3%	41.9%
2014	18.1%	42.5%
2015	18%	43.1%
2016	17.9%	43.7%
2017	17.8%	45%
2018	17.6%	44.9%
2019	17.4%	43.6%
2020	17.2%	42.4%
2021	17%	41.6%
2022	16.8%	40.9%
2023	16.5%	39.9%
2024	16.2%	38.9%
2025	15.9%	38%
2026	15.7%	37.1%
2027	15.4%	36.2%
2028	15.2%	35.5%
2029	15%	35%
2030	14.8%	34.7%
2031	14.7%	34.5%
2032	14.5%	34.4%
2033	14.4%	34.3%
2034	14.3%	34.3%
2035	14.2%	34.2%
2036	14.1%	34.1%
2037	14%	34%
2038	14%	33.8%
2039	14%	33.7%
2040	13.9%	33.4%
2041	13.9%	33.2%
2042	13.9%	32.9%
2043	13.9%	32.5%
2044	13.9%	32.2%
2045	13.9%	31.8%
2046	13.9%	31.4%
2047	13.9%	31%
2048	13.9%	30.5%
2049	13.9%	30.1%
2050	13.9%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.2% of the population in Norway and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 18.9% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Norway and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Norway vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.26% in Norway and +1.65% in South Sudan. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Norway	South Sudan
1960	29,366	42,945
1961	29,239	45,186
1962	28,020	47,406
1963	26,766	46,333
1964	30,293	64,786
1965	31,275	51,682
1966	31,150	38,523
1967	30,276	41,357
1968	29,387	44,213
1969	28,858	42,015
1970	25,968	44,776
1971	26,541	72,308
1972	24,777	74,803
1973	21,387	94,765
1974	20,324	97,181
1975	16,430	99,882
1976	13,286	102,346
1977	11,321	104,886
1978	11,364	107,352
1979	10,181	109,540
1980	9,806	112,307
1981	9,020	115,163
1982	9,875	118,641
1983	7,844	104,107
1984	7,452	90,970
1985	6,644	95,342
1986	8,751	99,502
1987	9,212	5,756
1988	12,207	-125,447
1989	13,949	83,735
1990	14,845	82,900
1991	16,194	87,873
1992	15,431	28,874
1993	12,936	32,779
1994	16,045	165,407
1995	14,821	110,417
1996	17,087	116,728
1997	15,418	121,454
1998	14,181	-12,157
1999	14,278	180,721
2000	15,269	196,055
2001	13,090	204,108
2002	10,892	212,014
2003	14,151	225,822
2004	15,612	231,877
2005	15,719	239,272
2006	17,244	246,706
2007	16,482	256,546
2008	19,073	268,268
2009	20,280	278,859
2010	20,046	287,409
2011	18,822	303,181
2012	18,066	312,974
2013	17,779	315,983
2014	18,494	227,611
2015	18,160	148,542
2016	17,797	110,553
2017	15,831	72,193
2018	14,342	168,497
2019	13,904	209,708
2020	12,372	212,332
2021	14,062	213,567
2022	5,457	211,166
2023	8,280	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: Norway vs South Sudan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 1 deaths per 100,000 live births in Norway, compared to 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Norway	South Sudan
1985	9	3,845
1986	9	3,720
1987	9	8,045
1988	9	5,535
1989	9	5,103
1990	9	4,877
1991	8	4,764
1992	8	7,597
1993	7	7,537
1994	7	1,666
1995	6	4,430
1996	6	4,357
1997	5	4,172
1998	5	7,514
1999	5	2,048
2000	5	1,658
2001	5	1,580
2002	5	1,521
2003	5	1,199
2004	6	1,150
2005	6	1,074
2006	5	1,005
2007	5	933
2008	5	858
2009	4	823
2010	4	776
2011	4	770
2012	3	755
2013	3	771
2014	2	1,216
2015	2	1,436
2016	2	1,629
2017	2	1,662
2018	2	913
2019	2	745
2020	2	729
2021	2	749
2022	3	704
2023	1	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.24% in Norway and 9.87% in South Sudan. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Norway	South Sudan
1960	2.26%	35.5%
1961	2.21%	35.2%
1962	2.15%	34.9%
1963	2.1%	34.6%
1964	2.04%	34.3%
1965	1.97%	34%
1966	1.9%	33.6%
1967	1.82%	33.3%
1968	1.75%	32.9%
1969	1.69%	32.6%
1970	1.62%	32.3%
1971	1.56%	31.9%
1972	1.5%	31.6%
1973	1.43%	31.3%
1974	1.36%	30.9%
1975	1.29%	30.6%
1976	1.22%	30.2%
1977	1.15%	29.9%
1978	1.09%	29.5%
1979	1.04%	29.2%
1980	1.01%	28.9%
1981	0.99%	28.5%
1982	0.99%	28.2%
1983	1%	27.8%
1984	1.01%	27.5%
1985	1.02%	27.1%
1986	1.02%	26.7%
1987	1.01%	36%
1988	0.98%	76.7%
1989	0.93%	30.7%
1990	0.87%	30.3%
1991	0.79%	29.7%
1992	0.72%	33.8%
1993	0.66%	33.1%
1994	0.61%	23%
1995	0.57%	27%
1996	0.54%	26.1%
1997	0.52%	25.2%
1998	0.51%	42.6%
1999	0.5%	19.2%
2000	0.49%	18.3%
2001	0.47%	17.4%
2002	0.46%	16.5%
2003	0.44%	15.7%
2004	0.42%	14.8%
2005	0.41%	14.1%
2006	0.39%	13.4%
2007	0.37%	12.7%
2008	0.36%	12.1%
2009	0.34%	11.5%
2010	0.33%	10.9%
2011	0.31%	10.5%
2012	0.3%	10.1%
2013	0.29%	9.92%
2014	0.28%	18.2%
2015	0.27%	23.7%
2016	0.26%	26.4%
2017	0.25%	27.8%
2018	0.25%	13.2%
2019	0.24%	9.87%
2020	0.24%	9.87%
2021	0.23%	9.87%
2022	0.23%	9.87%
2023	0.24%	9.87%